February 2015 Grocery Challenge

newlywed

Right. I have just added up what I have spent so far.... took my eye off the budget....:o now have a new spreadsheet and so please put me down for

£250

Starting from next Monday.

Worked out that the amount I have overspent is the same as I spent in Co-op on work snacks and weekend can't be bothered shops (silly really as 5 mins walk down the road from the coop near home is Lidl... sooo lazy :mad:!)

grunnie

£200 for me again this month. Managing January fine - I just make a list and keep to it. Also OH hasn't been able to drive this last month so if I want to shop I have to carry it home which helps a lot to not spend. I shop with a basket in the supermarket instead of a trolley now.

Tidy_Up_Tash

Hi! Popping in now to set my budget. Just about managing on £200 for Jan, and Feb is a shorter month... so I'm going with £200 again in Feb. Pretty confident that we can manage

superrhinos

As mentioned in my previous post I brought milk yesterday. I then brought unplanned eggs today to bake my parents a cake as a thank you for the child care they help me with. Signature updated.

frugalk15

Would like to join, our fridge/freezer has just gone not what I need after last time as well as my cooker they say it comes in 3's!!

ill put £200 again see how it goes, good luck everyone

WantToBeSE

I was really pleased with my frugality yesterday. I forgot to buy hummus and kept meaning to go and buy some. But then I realised that I have all of the ingredients for it, so made some
It took no more than 5 mins and tastes lovely


Was hoping for a NSD today, but I need to get some black bin bags.

Ladyluck1

Can I be put down for £125 please
I've already ordered the months meat (plus there's aole veg in there) from Muscle foods for £44 which is;
5kg Chicken Breasts
2 x 5-6oz Peppered British Rump Steaks
• 2 x 400g Lean Diced British Beef
• 2 x 400g Extra Lean British Beef Mince
• 2 x 6oz Great British Hache Steaks
• 4 x 4oz Great British Steak Burgers
• 1 x 1kg Fresh Jacket Potatoes
• 1 x 1kg Fresh Carrots
• 1 x 1kg Fresh Onions
That will be delivered on the 9th Feb I think.

keza

I would like to have another go this month. the budget is £300 please. we went sailing over, because of xmas so I will try much harder this month!

lushlifesaver

I've decided to go for a target of £100 this month; the plan is to actually spend around £90 on food for within the month, the other £10 is to go towards replenishing various store cupboard items as I am trying to run my cupboards and freezer down as much as possible.


It's not a massive drop from the previous £130; it really on equates to taking wonder bairn's formula out of the budget however I don't want to set the bar too low and be miserable if I miss it completely!


I have my meal plan and am going to write a list of everything needed for each meal then tick off everything we already have in and write the remaining p as a new shopping list...hopefully all this forward planning helps me make some progress!

dramarama

Hi all,
I need to join up again, totally fell off the band-wagon this month...oops!!

I will set us a monthly budget of £140

This will be for Feb 1st-28th. 2 Adults and 1 cat!